Review: Sherlock Holmes (2009)
December 27th, 2009 | Action, Reviews | Comments »
Being a big fan of Robert Downey Jr., I had high hopes for this movie. Other than that it’s about Sherlock Holmes (hey), I knew nothing about this movie, but that’s how I like to go in one.
Having learned most of Sherlock Holmes by the weekly Donald Duck magazines I used to read, it came to a surprise that, according to this movie, Sherlock is a fantastic figher. The movie throws you right into the action, and introduces you to the amazingly quick senses Sherlock has, allowing him to plan exactly how a fight will go before it even starts. It might sound a bit awkward, but they made it look fantastic and not entirely unbelievable. He’s just a darn quick thinker, ‘s all.
Watson is a lot less fat than Disney made him look, and also a great fighter. This whole slightly more aggressive attitude of both main characters took some getting used to, but in the end worked out quite well.
The cinematography is very nice, especially in some high-paced action scenes. The slow-motion, slightly longer than usual scenes (a la 300) really work out well in this movie. They really managed to make the setting feel authentic, as there was not a single moment during the movie I felt like ‘hum’.
On the less positive side, the movie felt quite long. A few times I felt like ‘ok, wrap it up folks, we’re here now’, only to be pulled into yet another chapter of the story. While I enjoyed the movie, it would’ve probably been better if it wasn’t so long (The movie lasts for 128 minutes, but feels longer). Some of the jokes in this movie felt quite forced, something they really didn’t have to do as Robert seems quite humorous on his own.
In closing, if you’re a fan of Robert Downey Jr. or Sherlock Holmes, I recommend you go watch this movie. It’s a great movie to watch in the Cinema, with quite a few action-packed scenes. The ending not bad, just awfully open-ended. They managed to close the story (or chapter, if you will) opened in this movie though.
Score: 7.5